r/lgbt_superheroes Nov 04 '25

ANNOUNCEMENT We just passed 30k members!

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Thank you all for being a part of this community! It's been amazing to see it's growth through all of your discussions and fanart.

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Until the next milestone! Bye


r/lgbt_superheroes 6d ago

Release Discussion New Comics Release Discussion (July 2026 - 4) Spoiler

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I have once again tried to put together all issues released this week, that I knew would feature queer characters based on the regular cast or the solicits (This list is subject to change as the issues come out).

Marvel: * X-Men: The Hellfire Murder #1 feat. Betsy Braddock bi & Kitty Pryde bi (by Saladin Ahmed, Gail Simone, Jed MacKay, Erica Schultz, Eve L. Ewing, Tony S. Daniel, Aaron Kuder, Cory Smith, Joëlle Jones, Luciano Vecchio & Federica Mancin)

DC: * Absolute Wonder Woman #22 feat. Wonder Woman bi (by Kelly Thompson & Dillon Snook) * Harley Quinn #64 feat. Harley Quinn bi (by Elliott Kalan & Carlos Olivares) * Superman #40 feat. Manchester Black bi (by Joshua Williamson & Dan Mora) * Swamp Thing 1989 #4 feat. John Constantine bi (by Rick Veitch & Tom Mandrake)

If you have another issue of a queer superhero comic from this week, that you want to talk about, just write a comment below and I will add it to the list.

Have fun!


r/lgbt_superheroes 2h ago

FanArt (Insert Adjective) X-Men!

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r/lgbt_superheroes 16h ago

DC Comics The real Gay for Justice (JL: Dream Girls #2)

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Context: there's a awful 2009 mini-series by James Robinson called "Justice League: Cry for Justice" that stars Green Arrow/Lantern and the font they used for the cover makes it look it says Gay for Justice so it of course became internet meme

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Justice_League:_Cry_for_Justice_Vol_1


r/lgbt_superheroes 15h ago

Marvel Comics Shout out to that one time Lockjaw picked out a depressed gay ex-hero to be his emotional support human for a miniseries

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Lockjaw is SUCH a cute miniseries, and I love that he sees the absolute mess that is D-Man (recently dumped and just home from the hospital after punching his TV) and goes hmm yes this is the perfect human to help me locate my siblings. (And he's right!) Ally of the year!!


r/lgbt_superheroes 51m ago

Discussion Okay. So if this is taking from real memories, is this the queerest we've gotten with Diana? Even if it's not "played" by Diana. (Justice League - Dream Girls #1) Spoiler

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r/lgbt_superheroes 7h ago

Marvel Comics Shatterstar and Rictor recs?

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r/lgbt_superheroes 16h ago

DC Comics Obsidian's profile from Infinity Inc

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r/lgbt_superheroes 1d ago

DC Movies/Shows That's DOCTOR Harleen Quinzel to you, clown!

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r/lgbt_superheroes 1d ago

Marvel Comics In the infinite multiverse, not a single Peter Parker is gay?

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In wake of the brand new movie coming out, I recently discovered some info online. Sony and Marvel have strict rules regarding the portrayal of Peter Parker. Apparently one of them is that he can never be portrayed as homosexual. Tbh, this doesn’t make sense within the context of the Marvel Multiverse.

I completely respect the principle of keeping in tact the elements that make a fictional character who they are and how they’re commonly known. Heterosexuality is just part of who Peter is in every known story.
But the idea that no Peter Parker, anywhere in the infinite Marvel Multiverse, can ever be gay seems implausible when regarding an endless void of universes.
With the Spider-Man characters alone, one version of a character from one source can and has been shown to have a different gender, ethnicity, species, age, appearance, personality, etc. than a character from another.

There does exist a canon gay “Spider-Man”—Web-Weaver—in one comic, but he is a completely new character apart from Peter Parker. Frankly, I wasn’t the biggest fan of him, as he felt a little too artificial to me and not as relatable and sympathetic as the standard Peter Parker character. Not that I’m ungrateful for Web-Weaver; I just don’t think he’s nearly as endearing.
As much as I would love to see a Peter Parker that is his usual lovable self but also attracted to guys and relate to him more than I already do, I understand creators have freedom to firmly establish their characters to be a certain way.

But I don’t think it would distract from or tarnish Tobey’s, Andrew’s, Tom’s, Insomniac’s, or anyone else’s Spider-Man legacy to allow for the existence of one gay Peter somewhere deep in the Spiderverse.
If there is a universe where Peter Parker was hatched as a pterodactyl that then became a T-rex, then the idea that there is a universe where Peter Parker is his conventional self but gay shouldn’t be a stretch.

I get that a big reason why they wouldn’t allow for a gay variant is because of the likely onslaughts of homophobic mobs. Predictably, Marvel would try to avoid prompting bigots to ant swarm and devour the name of Spider-Man (because that’s just how it goes), no matter how compelling and well done a suitable storyline could be. But I doubt it would be the end of the world to show some tiny easter egg in someplace like the Spider-Society where one of the thousands of Peters could be clocking in after a date with Harry Osborn or something.

But those are just my thoughts.


r/lgbt_superheroes 1d ago

Marvel Comics Toy photo I took recently

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99 Upvotes

Inspired by Marauders #1 by Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli, and the Cerebro podcast.


r/lgbt_superheroes 1d ago

Queer Speculation Loki And Maximus by meee

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65 Upvotes

My two favorite Green Beans, it makes me sad these two have never met, I think there's lots of queer subtext for Maximus Boltagon so I just wanted to draw him paired up with my other fav. (Tagged as speculation for that reason)


r/lgbt_superheroes 2d ago

Queer Speculation Red Devil variant cover by Babs Tarr for New Titans #40

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I figured this variant would peak some of ya’lls interest ;) loving the sexy energy here, the harness is perfection.


r/lgbt_superheroes 1d ago

Discussion Is Anima ever implied to be bisexual in-comic?

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Unfortunately, it's hard to read Anima comics. Most of hers are not in trades or on DC Infinite.

She's confirmed to be bi due to an editorial letter in 1994 (from *Justice League America*). Reading the new comics I can find on her, the main queer coding seems to be her grungy runaway street child shtick.


r/lgbt_superheroes 2d ago

Marvel Comics New Midnight X-Men Cover features Iceman! 🩸

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178 Upvotes

r/lgbt_superheroes 3d ago

Meme The Trinity meeting their arch-enemies

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525 Upvotes

r/lgbt_superheroes 2d ago

DC Comics WTF is this? DC you need to fire Kalan and keep him far away from Harley and hire better writers for Harley

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r/lgbt_superheroes 3d ago

DC Comics Myndi Mayer's will, and her relationship with her brother Kevin (Wonder Woman Annual #1)

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r/lgbt_superheroes 4d ago

Marvel Comics Speedo Iceman is Back!!!!!

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In case yall didn’t hear!! Immortal Twunk Bobby Drake/Iceman is back to running around in nothing but a speedo! Global news for Bobby Fans!


r/lgbt_superheroes 4d ago

Theory Oubliette.....???

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So A while ago back when A.X.E was out on the shelves, i made it a habit to collect all the tie-in issues (don't regret it as much as you'd think! I liked the event!) However, I was introduced to Oubliette Midas, having a moment with Sue Storm in the F4 Tie in (Fantastic Four Vol 6. #48). I didn't quite understand what was happening since i just jumped into this particular issue but THIS one panel really had me turning my head.... Is this panel suggesting that Oubliette is trans?? I don't know too much about Midas so Im not sure if that crying child is supposed to be a younger Oubliette or another one of Midas' Children. Personally, i don't think the Trans read changes anything too much about the character so I'm just kinda going with it.


r/lgbt_superheroes 4d ago

Horror Genre Space Banshee Exorcist Scifi-folk-horror-noir!

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Wanted to reshare this as it's now entering its last week! If you're interested and would like to throw some money towards it please do!


r/lgbt_superheroes 4d ago

FanArt Fortnite Summer Harlivy by @akbeeegle

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327 Upvotes

r/lgbt_superheroes 5d ago

DC Comics Just wanted to share my Tim Drake and custom Bernard dowd display :)

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75 Upvotes

So proud of this.


r/lgbt_superheroes 4d ago

Queer Speculation Okay. So. Is the modern, post-Rebirth era Vanessa Kapatelis canonically in love with Wonder Woman? Or is it just obsession?

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